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Should we kick our 16 yr old son out?
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<blockquote data-quote="defiantchild" data-source="post: 639633" data-attributes="member: 18543"><p>Thank you Origami,</p><p>It makes me feel good knowing I'm not alone. </p><p>We have resigned ourselves to the fact that he is not going to finish HS and we are at peace with that. We have stopped pushing him to finish school because we know for him it's a waste of time. We understand school isn't for everyone. The fact that he's 'found his calling' makes it easier for us to support him in his desire to get a GED and go to culinary school. </p><p>The issue is not the school part, it's the home part. No matter what limited rules we have, he breaks them and shows no remorse whatsoever. If we change out alarm code to keep him from sneaking out of the house, he figures out a way to override the system. If we lock the door to my husband's office, he figures out a way to pick the lock. It's almost as if no matter what we do he figures out how to 'outsmart' us. He refuses to be controlled in any way. Has a total contempt for authority. Except of course at work, he understands he must follow the rules there or else he will lose his job. But at home, he has total contempt for us and our rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="defiantchild, post: 639633, member: 18543"] Thank you Origami, It makes me feel good knowing I'm not alone. We have resigned ourselves to the fact that he is not going to finish HS and we are at peace with that. We have stopped pushing him to finish school because we know for him it's a waste of time. We understand school isn't for everyone. The fact that he's 'found his calling' makes it easier for us to support him in his desire to get a GED and go to culinary school. The issue is not the school part, it's the home part. No matter what limited rules we have, he breaks them and shows no remorse whatsoever. If we change out alarm code to keep him from sneaking out of the house, he figures out a way to override the system. If we lock the door to my husband's office, he figures out a way to pick the lock. It's almost as if no matter what we do he figures out how to 'outsmart' us. He refuses to be controlled in any way. Has a total contempt for authority. Except of course at work, he understands he must follow the rules there or else he will lose his job. But at home, he has total contempt for us and our rules. [/QUOTE]
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